First pass at controlling the FireStar

README.md

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 # FireStar
 
-code to drive a light show on the edges of a small stellated dodecahedron, each with a Phillips Hue lightstrip embedded in it.
+code to drive a light show on the edges of a small stellated dodecahedron, each with a Phillips Hue lightstrip embedded in it.
+
+This project depends on the phue package (https://github.com/studioimaginaire/phue) which you should be able to install via `sudo pip3 install phue`.

firestar.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from phue import Bridge
+import time
+b = Bridge('172.18.152.190')
+Nedges = 30;
+edgecode = [None] * Nedges;
+
+# The edges are numbered as in info/SSDedges.obj; enter the two-letter code for
+# the lightstrip inserted through each edge in the block below:
+
+edgecode[ 0] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 1] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 2] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 3] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 4] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 5] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 6] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 7] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 8] = 'XX';
+edgecode[ 9] = 'XX';
+edgecode[10] = 'XX';
+edgecode[11] = 'XX';
+edgecode[12] = 'XX';
+edgecode[13] = 'XX';
+edgecode[14] = 'XX';
+edgecode[15] = 'XX';
+edgecode[16] = 'XX';
+edgecode[17] = 'XX';
+edgecode[18] = 'XX';
+edgecode[19] = 'XX';
+edgecode[20] = 'XX';
+edgecode[21] = 'XX';
+edgecode[22] = 'XX';
+edgecode[23] = 'XX';
+edgecode[24] = 'XX';
+edgecode[25] = 'XX';
+edgecode[26] = 'XX';
+edgecode[27] = 'XX';
+edgecode[28] = 'XX';
+edgecode[29] = 'XX';
+
+# End of edge codes; show automation follows
+
+edges = [ b[code] for code in edgecode ]
+
+def hueint(frac): return int(frac*65535)
+
+# A "setting" is a pair of a list of N lists of edges, and a list of N dicts
+# understandable by Bridge.set_light,
+# e.g. {'bri' : 127, 'hue' : 43690, 'sat' : 224},
+# which means to set the ith list of edges to the ith dict.
+# Note the list of lists does not have to be a partition; edges not mentioned
+# in any list will be left alone.
+
+alltogether = [range(0,Nedges)];
+thevoid = (alltogether, ['bri' : 0])
+deepblue = (alltogether, [{'hue' : hueint(2/3), 'bri' : 254, 'sat' : 254}])
+yelorng = (alltogether, [{'hue' : hueint(1/6), 'bri' : 254, 'sat' : 254}])
+redred = (alltogether, [{'hue' : 0, 'bri' : 254, 'sat' : 254}])
+
+# A "simpleshow" is a pair of a list of settings, and a list of triples of
+# integers: (setting_index, transition_to, hold_time)
+# where setting_index is an index into the list of settings, and transition_to
+# and hold_time are times in deciseconds to take to morph to the given
+# setting, and then hold at the given setting before the next step of the
+# simpleshow.
+
+intro = ([thevoid, deepblue, yelorng, redred],
+         [(0,1,0), (1,30,20),
+          (2,1,3), (1,1,3), (2,1,3), (1,1,3), (2,1,3), (1,1,3), (2,1,0),
+          (3,50,20), (0,30,5)]
+         )
+
+def runsimple(ss):
+    '''Takes one argument, a simple show; causes the simple show to be
+    executed on the FireStar
+    '''
+    settings = ss[0]
+    for (setting_index, transition_to, hold_time) in ss[1]:
+        theset = settings[setting_index]
+        subs = theset[0]
+        cmds = theset[1]
+        nsubs = length(subs)
+        for i in range(0,nsubs):
+            thiscmd = cmds[i].copy()
+            thiscmd['transitiontime'] = transition_to
+            b.set_light([edges[e].light_id for e in subs[i]], thiscmd)
+        time.sleep(hold_time/10)
+
+runsimple(intro)

info/SSDedges.mtl

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+# Blender MTL File: 'SSDedges2.blend'
+# Material Count: 2
+
+newmtl None
+Ns 500
+Ka 0.8 0.8 0.8
+Kd 0.8 0.8 0.8
+Ks 0.8 0.8 0.8
+d 1
+illum 2
+
+newmtl color_16777215
+Ns 0.000000
+Ka 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+Kd 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+Ks 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
+Ke 0.0 0.0 0.0
+Ni 1.450000
+d 1.000000
+illum 1